Element 3: Vehicle & Plant

Question 1

Employers are responsible for managing work-related road risk, factors to consider include:

Answer 1

• Provision of a safe driving policy
• Systems to manage work related road safety
• Monitoring road safety performance
• Organisation and structure - to allow co-operation between departments
• Legal responsibilties of individuals on the public highways

Question 2

What factors increase the risk of work related road incidents

Answer 2

• Distance
• Traffic and driving hours
• Work schedules
• Weather conditions
• Stress or fatigue

Question 3

Identify Hazards from workplace vehicles and plant

Answer 3

• Mixing pesetrians and vehicles
• Reversing
• loading/unloading - falling objects
• trapping - e.g hitching
• Collision - with moving vehicle
• Collision - vehicle with statuionary objects

Question 4

Outline considerations to be given when carrying out a risk assessment on work-related road risk

Answer 4

• Driver - competence, experience, required licenses, training and general fitness and health
• Vehicle - suitabilty for the task and driver, condition, adequate safety equipment and protection systems, vehicle specific training and ergonomic issues
• Journey - route planning incl suitability for vehicle, size restrictions and hazards present, realistic schedules taking account of traffic and time. Potential to reduce or eliminate by different modes of tranpsort, consideration of adverse weather

Question 5

Control measures to reduce the risk from movemnet of vehicles and plant

Answer 5

• Site layout
• Management of vehicle movements
• segregation of vehicles and pedestrians
• Protective measures such as barriers, markings and signs
• site rules
• selection and training of drivers
• Provision of banksmen